the gnome desktop isn't thoroughly tested but should work just fine. if you happen to test and that's not the case..pls let me know. It seems to take a lil longer than desired to fully load to the desktop. Not sure if that's just a gnome thing, or maybe pulseaudio...idk.

I must agree. i like it too. although i myself am using xfce with kwin. i uploaded kwin-standalone-git to the senseirepo. it takes a bit of effort to get it set up just the way you may like because u have to manually edit the /root/.kde4/share/config/kwinrulesrc file. the kwin tool similar to compiz config settings manager...doesn't come with kwin-standalone-git. but anyways... after doing your hack to run chromium as root....the command:

1.0 With cinnamon desktop booting time on my box a toshiba z930 laptop is 55 secs, whereas with porteus stock kde environment it is 20 to 25 secs. I am unable to keep the changes produced within the cinamon environment, though I have modified the settings within it. It seems to be time needed to load the 125 MB cinnamon desktop. Once loaded, you get in and out readily into cinammon with startx.

3.0 I prefer to work in root mode. With pacman-archlinux does that make much difference? Is there only the same scary stories about running root?

4.0 xzm modules building. I got the instructions from the first page of this thread to build xzm modules. Is it possible to remove a few packages from /var/cache/pacman/pkg before building the package, or will this affect the system then?

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are u using a save file? cinnamon loads slow for me too, but when using a .dat save file..it loads fast. you say when using cinnamon it's not saving your changes? are u certain u're using a .dat save file?

the /dev/shm folder is one that 'should' be in the 001-core. I'll put it in for the next upload. so no not a chromium issue..that's my mistake.

I like running as root too. the system auto-loads to the root user. there isn't even any other users, not even guest. if u'd like to run the system as a user, presently, u'd have to add one.

i've been using pacman as root for years. since simargl came out w/archpup. using pacman as root i've had 0 problems. every blue moon though, i'd come across some app like chromium (as we see), vlc, or thunar...needing some special mod or hack to run as the root user.

after doing so your xzm module should be present at /mnt/home/packagename

you shouldn't have to remove anything from /var/cache/pacman/pkg...makexzm should pull only the needed dependecies based on what's *installed* and not necessarily what you have in /var/cache/pacman/pkg. I like using makexzm at the beginning, before i start installing apps. to be certain none of the dependecies are installed into the .dat save file, and don't make it into the xzm module. this way, if i decide to scrap that .dat save file, the xzm module will still work.

i'd come across some app like chromium (as we see), vlc, or thunar...needing some special mod or hack
I have edited my precedent post as to chromium. I am running root now.
Personnally, I prefer thunar root mode.

makexzm packagename
This is handy. I missed this one while reading the thread once and a while.
Why don't you make a makexzm all directory command? If you may.

title porteus v3_64 on sda5 64bit_v30_arch arch
root (hd0,4)
kernel /64bit_v30_arch/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dev/sda5/64bit_v30_arch changes=EXIT:/64bit_v30_arch/porteus login=root
initrd /64bit_v30_arch/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
boot
I could not save any info, not even after setting:
menu > preferences > system settings > startup programs > automatically remember running applications when logging out.
Within the X environment if I use pacman the files will not be saved. Thus until I resolve this save folder problem I am condemned to rebuild my system at each booting. :crazy:
This is not that annoying. I like to play with pacman. :twisted:

makexzm:
It was just that I did not understood that this was a pacman alike command. I was trying to use it directly on some directory with tar.gz package in them. It works fine now for me